Make and receive calls
Using your desk phone.
Make an internal call
- Lift the handset and dial the 6-digit extension number - e.g. 50xxxx or 51xxxx
- Internal calls are FREE from your handset
Making external calls
- Lift the handset – dial 9 followed by the number you wish to call
- Local numbers don’t require the 0131 area code
- International calls require 00
Receiving an incoming call
- The University of Edinburgh Switchboard number is 0131 650 1000. Calls coming in from an external source will be connected via the Switchboard to your extension, if known.
- All University extensions have Direct Dialling In (DDI)
There are 3 tiers of level access
- Internal calls only
- Internal/Local/Mobile/National
- Internal/Local/Mobile/National/International
Emergency calls
- To call the University Security Department, dial 2222
- Lift phones automatically dial 2222
- All phones, with the exception of lift phones, can dial (9) 999 for the emergency services
Telephone switchboard
- The University’s telephone switchboard is open 0900 to 1700 on weekdays, excluding the Christmas break. The switchboard answers incoming external calls to the main University number 0131 650 1000
- To contact the switchboard from a University extension; dial 0